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  | | Mexico(6th Edition) From the Olmecs to the Aztecs (Sixth Edition) (Ancient Peoples and Places) by Michael D. Coe, Rex Coe Koontz Paperback, 248 Pages, Published 2008 by Thames & Hudson ISBN-13: 978-0-500-28755-2, ISBN: 0-500-28755-4 ""Masterly....The complexities of Mexico's ancient cultures are perceptively presented and interpreted."âLibrary Journal Michael D. Coe's Mexico has long been recognized as the most readable and authoritative introduction to the region's ancient civilizations. This companion to his best-selling The Maya has now been completely revised by Professor Coe and Rex Koontz. The sixth edition includes new developments in the birth of ..." |
 | | Lightning Gods and Feathered Serpents The Public Sculpture of El Tajín by Rex Koontz 151 Pages, Published 2010 by University Of Texas Press ISBN-13: 978-0-292-77988-4, ISBN: 0-292-77988-7 "thedivineBaLLCourt. The lower monumental center of El Tajín contains numerous ballcourts for the playing of the rubber ballgame and the performance of its attendant rites. Eleven courts have been identified in the heart of the site ( Fig. 1.2; see Raes- feld 1992; Brüggemann 1992a:20), and six more in the immediate surrounding area (Lira López 1997:819). Ballcourts were a fixture of Classic Veracruz centers from the end of the La ..." |
 | | Lightning Gods and Feathered Serpents The Public Sculpture of el Tajín by Rex Koontz Published 2010 ISBN-13: 978-0-292-79361-3, ISBN: 0-292-79361-8 |
 | | Lightning Gods and Feathered Serpents The Public Sculpture of El Tajín (The Linda Schele Series in Maya and Pre-Columbian Studies) by Rex Koontz Hardcover, 151 Pages, Published 2009 by University Of Texas Press ISBN-13: 978-0-292-71899-9, ISBN: 0-292-71899-3 "El Tajin, an ancient Mesoamerican capital in Veracruz, Mexico, has long been admired for its stunning pyramids and ballcourts decorated with extensive sculptural programs. Yet the city's singularity as the only center in the region with such a wealth of sculpture and fine architecture has hindered attempts to place it more firmly in the context of Mesoamerican history. In Lightning Gods and Feathered Serpents, Rex Koontz undertakes the ..." |
 | | Blood and Beauty Organized Violence in the Art and Archaeology of Mesoamerica and Central America by Heather S. Orr, Rex Koontz Paperback, Published 2009 by Cotsen Institute Of Archaeology ISBN-13: 978-1-931745-25-3, ISBN: 1-931745-25-0 |
 | | Ideas, Debates, and Perspectives Ser. Blood and Beauty : Organized Violence in the Art and Archaeology of Mesoamerica and Central America by Rex Koontz, Heather Orr 400 Pages, Published 2009 by Isd Llc ISBN-13: 978-1-938770-43-2, ISBN: 1-938770-43-9 "Organized Violence in the Art and Archaeology of Mesoamerica and Central America Rex Koontz, Heather Orr ... are reported in the ethnographies as being the highest ranking members of Costa Rican society (see also Hoopes and Mora- Marín this volume, Chapter 11). ... Documented examples of these small-scale sculptures have been found in elaborate graves and nearby monumental architecture ..." |
 | | Ideas, Debates, and Perspectives Ser. Blood and Beauty : Organized Violence in the Art and Archaeology of Mesoamerica and Central America by Rex Koontz, Heather S. Orr Paperback, 490 Pages, Published 2009 by Cotsen Institute Of Archaeology ISBN-13: 978-1-931745-03-1, ISBN: 1-931745-03-X "The volume endeavors to contextualize violence and violent acts within the matrix of indigenous thought and culture." |
 | | The Art of Urbanism(9th Edition) How Mesoamerican Kingdoms Represented Themselves in Architecture and Imagery (Dumbarton Oaks Pre-Columbian Symposia and Colloquia) by Leonardo López Luján, William Leonard Fash, Contributor-Ann Cyphers, William L. Fash, Robert H. Cobean, Anna Di Castro, Barbara W. Fash, Susan Gillespie, David C. Grove, Dan Healan, Rex Koontz, Alfredo Lopez Austin, Joyce Marcus, Eduardo Matos Moctezuma, Patricia Plunket, William Ringle, Amparo Robles, William Saturno, Alexandre Tokovinine, Gabriela Urunuela, Zoltan Paulinyi, George J. Bey Hardcover, 488 Pages, Published 2009 by Dumbarton Oaks Research Library And Collection ISBN-13: 978-0-88402-344-9, ISBN: 0-88402-344-3 " This volume explores how the royal courts of powerful Mesoamerican centers represented their kingdoms in architectural, iconographic, and cosmological terms. Through an investigation of the ecological contexts and environmental opportunities of urban centers, the contributors to this volume consider how ancient Mesoamerican cities defined themselves and reflected upon their physical—and metaphysical—place via their built environment. T ..." |
 | | Landscape and Power in Ancient Mesoamerica by Annabeth Headrick, Rex Koontz, Kathryn Reese-Taylor 256 Pages, Published 2008 by Westview Press ISBN-13: 978-0-7867-4245-5, ISBN: 0-7867-4245-3 "Based on Linda Manzanilla et al.'s recent reinterpretation, the cave beneath the Pyramid was originally a mineshaft for procuring building materials for pyramid construction. It was culturally modified into the shape of a four-petaled flower with ..." |
 | | Ideas, Debates and Perspectives Blood and Beauty : Organized Violence in the Art and Archaeology of Mesoamerica and Central America 4 by Heather Orr, Rex Koontz Hardcover, 398 Pages, Published 2009 by Cotsen Institute Of Archaeology Press ISBN-13: 978-1-931745-80-2, ISBN: 1-931745-80-3 "Warfare, ritual human sacrifice, and the rubber ballgame have been the traditional categories through which scholars have examined organized violence in the artistic and material records of ancient Mesoamerica and Central America. This volume expands those traditional categories to include such concerns as gladiatorial-like boxing combats, investiture rites, trophy-head taking and display, dark shamanism, and the subjective pain inheren ..." |
 | | Blood and Beauty Organized Violence in the Art and Archaeology of Mesoamerica and Central America (Ideas, Debates, and Perspectives (Paperback)) by Heather Orr, Rex Koontz Paperback, 400 Pages, Published 2009 by The Cotsen Institute Of Archaeology Press ISBN-13: 978-1-931745-58-1, ISBN: 1-931745-58-7 "Warfare, ritual human sacrifice, and the rubber ballgame have been the traditional categories through which scholars have examined organised violence in the artistic and material records of ancient Mesoamerica and Central America. This volume expands those traditional categories to include such concerns as gladiatorial-like boxing combats, investiture rites, trophy-head taking and display, dark shamanism, and the subjective pain inheren ..." |
 | | Classic-Period Cultural Currents in Southern and Central Veracruz(71st Edition) (Dumbarton Oaks Other Titles in Pre-Columbian Studies) by Christopher A. Pool, Richard A. Diehl, Terrence Kaufman, Rex Koontz, Javier Urcid, John S. Justeson, Thomas W. Killion, Robert S. Santley, Barbara L. Stark, Cherra E. Wyllie, Annick Daneels, Contributor-Barbara L., Philip J. Arnold, Philip J. Iiiarnold Hardcover, 526 Pages, Published 2008 by Dumbarton Oaks Research Library And Collection ISBN-13: 978-0-88402-350-0, ISBN: 0-88402-350-8 " Classic-Period Cultural Currents in Southern and Central Veracruz explores the diverse traditions and dynamic interactions along the Mexican Gulf lowlands at the height of their cultural florescence. Best known for their elaborate ballgame rituals and precocious inscriptions with long-count dates, these cultures served as a critical nexus between the civilizations of highland Mexico and the lowland Maya, influencing developments in bot ..." |